Background*

Mr. Lawrence C. Karlson has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Karlson Corporation since 1986. Mr. Karlson is an Advisor to a number of businesses and has been a Private Investor since 1990. He has been Independent consultant for industrial and technology companies since 1995. He provides consulting services to a wide variety of businesses and, as a private investor, invests in companies where he can contribute in a non-executive role to the development ... of the business. In 1983, Mr. Karlson formed Nobel Electronics, an autonomous business unit of AB Bofors. He served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Pharos AB. He held various positions with Fisher & Porter Company commencing in 1965 and served as its President of U.S. Operations since 1981. He served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Berwind Financial Corporation from 2001 to 2004. He served as the President of Karlson Corporation from 1986 to 1995. Mr. Karlson has been the Chairman of Spectra AB since 1990. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Mikron Infrared Inc. He served as the Chairman of Spectra Physics AB (Stockholm) (group of high technology companies) from 1990 to 1993. He served as Chairman of Spectra-Physics AB. He serves as Vice Chairman of AmerisourceBergen Corporation (formerly, AmeriSource Health Corporation). He has been a Director of Spectra AB since 1990. He serves as a Director of AmeriSource Health Corporation. He has been a Director of CDI Corp. since 1989. He has been a Director of GE Security, Inc. since May 2000. He has been an Independent Director of H&E Equipment Services Inc., since September 2005. He has been a Director at Campbell Soup Company since November 19, 2009 and Mikron Infrared Inc., since 2000. He serves as a Director of ABB Industrial Systems, Berwind Industries, Inc., ABB Robotics, Inc., Vidar Systems, Inc., Harris Group, Inc., and Amerisource Corporation. He served as a Director of Meridian BanCorp. Inc. since September 23, 1991, Spectra-Physics, Inc. since October 1997 and Vlasic Foods International Inc., since 1998. He completed his undergraduate engineering studies at the Ryerson Institute of Technology in Toronto, Canada and holds an MBA by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated with distinction.

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